Eric Burdon & War - Spirit, Copenhagen 1971

[TheRorybreaker]

4:25 to about 5:25 exhibit "A", Cool is aN overfed long haired leaping gnome

[TheRorybreaker]

Black and white, grainy as shit, doesn't get any better. A true masterpiece, oh, then there is the music.

[juliansballin]

needs more fucking cowbell

[benloe1]

OMG This Ficking Rocks!!!!

[thenoiboi]

fucking savory.

[claustrea]

¡Blues de verdad!

[58donnieb]

Gotta love the way Eric says "BabY"

[lauraelizabethsd]

Rolotaaaa!!!!! ٩(-̮̮̃•̃)۶

[jsiminski]

Sax solo should be illegal

[jsiminski]

This is what I mean when I say GROOVE.

[Wolf100354]

Burdon and War, the best black and white collaboration in music I know of. Thanks for allowing me to hear them again. I used to have their original albums. Sadly not anymore

[ohiopaylaker]

the real meaning of BLUES music with a twist

[lonelyedgar]

I swear this is one of the sexiest performances of all time.

[LameBuffalo]

Holy Shit - 40 years ago already!

[lowriderbandfan]

@LameBuffalo, Unbelievable isn't it? And it still sounds great to this day! What's really unbelievable is the fact that WAR has not been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame yet after all this time and for all the kick ass music they have put out. Hoping they make it in 2012. Peace.

[enviroguy216]

He was part of the begining of the great rock singers - 60's-70's and gone..what a time it was.

[arashtony]

Wow, Eric had this look way before Eddie Vedder! It's cool.

[Michelleclouds]

WOW, so incredibly WOW!

[21melendez]

Oh heck yea!...this is a soulful jam session goin on...love it..

[desiderii]

Awesome...thank you for posting!

[palettas79]

IO MANCO ERO NATO NEL 71 MA SO, LO SENTO QUANDO UN SAUND SOUND E ECCEZIONALE!!! QUESTA è LETIMOLOGIA DELLA MUSICA

[morincomimi]

Cool!!!

[2eoquin]

The guitarrist opened woodstock

[lowriderbandfan]

@2eoquin, As a WAR fan, I would love to say that Howard Scott, the guitarest in this vid, opened Woodstock, but it was Ritchie Havens who did. Peace.

[Jayray1375]

And I thought I'd heard'em all - How could I have missed this one. This is a great song, Full of rythmic grooves that could never be replicated in todays music. Eric's voice sounds just as good today as it did 40+ years ago.

[rajaimichael]

one of the best collaborative efforts to ever happen in music-it's a shame it was so short

[sonnych69]

i justa heard this song 10 times already in a row love it ..... YOU KNOW WHAT IT NEEDS MORE COW BELL

[sonnych69]

yo 1 person didnt like this i guess they wanted to be different that song is timeless no one can play like that today

[Terra148]

War could really cut a groove. I miss this music. What passes as R&B or similar nowadays? Nothing close.

[oxizoglou1]

respect!!!!....

[Jenscool]

One of the best singers to now!

[nierazos]

huuuuuuuu esto yo lo tenía grabado en un cassete,,,jajaja que buena

[troywhigham]

Excellent vid, and a great song to boot! I'm surprised this didn't/hasn't dominated the airwaves during its time or even now on the "Classic Rock" or "Classic R/B" stations. Thanks for posting!

[Khultan]

Ha ha ha I thought that was a midget LOL

[hapzap13]

SOUL BROTHERS !!!!!!! Thanks for the post.

[thecyberstar26]

great moaning singer ever heard !!

[lowriderbandfan]

These are MAGICians!!!

[DoctoriOrdi]

Make music no war !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[1019drummer]

fav of all time........................re­spect.

[deforest010]

2:05 pit stain. SUPERBADASS. Only the manliest of men are able to produce such a quantity from their sweat glands.

[2boddah]

is that dylan on the harp? who is that dude on the gE tr? ..ok I'm going speechless in 5 4 3.....!! i've been owned

[lowriderbandfan]

@2boddah, I can't believe you have never heard of one of the greatest bands on earth, WAR! Come on now, I KNOW you have. That's Howard Scott on "gE tr" and the great Lee Oscar on harp. If you want more info, visit my channel. I will GLADLY give you the up and up. Yes, this vid does OWN you after you see it and it's not the only one with WAR and Burdon that does. Peace.

[iwantthedrugs]

L-U-V

[keotyzaion]

que buena musica!!! cmomo no hay ahora bandas asi :(

[jimmiranda]

Is this song available on Itunes? Please tell me Yes!

[Odawg96]

@jimmiranda If you haven't found it yet, it IS on I-Tunes on Eric Burdon & War's "Black Man's Burdon" LP.

[TheVikingfromnorth]

I can only describe this with one word :

Fucking brilliant...

Hmmm,i must have lost counting...

:-) :-) :-)

[MAYDAYES]

This white man got soul!!!

[MushroomKingMo]

Thank You For Posting these Videos! Such Awesome music!  What Harmony of Instruments!

[jorge1234]

is this song in any movie soundtrack?

[undefeatedly]

I can't get you baby..

Out of my mind!

[xmedical420Marijuana]

THIS SHIT SO FUCKING GOOD

[jimmiranda]

The best rock band with an Afro-Cuban feel? I don't know what's good, but I know what I like.

[deboeahshasha]

That was a great wee song loved that 5 stars

wee deborah sha sha hugs xoxo

[lowriderbandfan]

Play it Howard!!!! You the man!

[jesamani75]

more cowbell please.

[donekaxi]

puro k sabe eric y su psicodeliaaaa

[TuWayPockyWay]

goosebumps....Love it.

[lorenzosusti]

this band have a good groove.

[nd4speed01]

dude can really blow that saxophone

[yahooyahootres]

does anyone know where i could download this show

[ELMARKO69]

I also want to dowload

[bluesboy25000]

Eric Burdon-the best white Blues singer

[TAWDIGITAL]

Damn right!

[werminy]

Esto es una CABILLA sabrosa. ¡PURO FEELING!

[lorenzosusti]

claro que si, puro Groove!.

[NewChti]

I was at the Paris concert of that tour, best concert I ever attended, best fusion between musicians, singer, and even audience. Never heard anything as powerful ever since. My graal of music

[ladyrock61]

Most fruitfull combination eric&War to me!! :-)) Thank`s Milka for this

[bill0w]

Eric Burdon, rock and roll legend. War was kickin it purty good too.

[DROthePro]

ive been watchin you for such a loooooooong time!!and it stilll sounds good everytime

[1019drummer]

so close but so outta reach..........

[chino909310]

I wish I was there. I wasnt even born,

thnx youtube.

[Trendmunger]

There´s so much bone, brother!

[bootdownthedoor]

Mr. Burdon, you take me away. Ah mannnn...

[schatzemann2000]

EXTRACLASSE, extraordinary Jazz/BluesRock Fusion, one of the best I ever listen. Burdons voice is for getting crazy. All time favourite song.....

[BenRangel]

SO FUCKIN COOL!

This is just awesome.

[shahnmusic]

HHAAAAAHHHH OMG

the sax is SOOO clutch "BLOW YOUR HORN BABY, BLOW YOUR HORN"

eric burdon's incredible, but you can't deny that the sax player is one sexy beast

[almightyfoe]

this song defines blues

[alopn07]

Wow, this is marvelous!! The internet is really fantastic. I never knew Eric Burdon also sang this kind of stuff. Loved it!!! It´s so funny to see him so young.

[JulianThomePictures]

Have you seen him live???

[68generation]

I love this kind of music and this band is great with Eric's vocal chords!!!

[Yardbird68]

Man! What a perfect marriage WAR and Eric Burden!! This song is oozing with sooooo much soul that its even got this "white boy" groovin to it!!!!!

[1019drummer]

eric burdon.......greatist r&r singer...ever!

war....best band ever!

[1019drummer]

my personal....holy grail(if there is one?) of live rawnesss.......war,burdon,burd­on,war....what a relationship. no shit there realy is hope.

where is the rest of this perf.?

as with everything else.....why cant we get this beautiful stuff on cd or whatever?

[JulianThomePictures]

I'm so with you. Where is the live stuff of the best live band???

[1019drummer]

in a dam vault. lol if we ever needed corp. greed it's now. remaster this performance and give it UP. i cant even finde a set list of songs for this performance.....dose anybody know? did they do just two songs that ev.?

somone better give burdon a call!

[JulianThomePictures]

Theres so much Burdon stuff which isn't on Youtube---Music should be free to EVERYONE!!!

[1019drummer]

true........

[JulianThomePictures]

I realized the conga solo at the end of "Love is All Around". That would be followed by "Hear My Train A Comin". Later the song was released unter the title "Train Thing Medley" (CD: Animal Spirit). But I can't imagine what song was played before "Spirit". I hope theres comin out more next time...

[1019drummer]

thanks j. i dident know that.... cool! i cant finde any info on this show anyware.......WHY DONT YOU KNOW..... DAM YOU!!!! hahahah.... whatever...call you sources and let us all know. please.

G....

[JulianThomePictures]

There are some good audio cuts from their 1971 european tour. Can anyone tell me how I can upload good quality audios like user "Neduddgi" does??? I need to know. Then I will put up some Burdon stuff....

[Jenscool]

They played for 2-3 hours, being there back then, some of it was just War, but 2/3 with Eric. Sorry, can't remember the rest of the set list, since it was a way back!

[Jenscool]

I'm sure you're right, Dave, would have loved to seen the whole thing.

[Jenscool]

COWBELL CAN MAKES IT THAT MUCH BETTER!

[davidaron60]

jens: wonder if the rest of this show is in DR's archives? my guess is they produced it.

[blackdogathens]

yea!!! keep rolling baby!! hello brothers and sisters from greece!!!!

[VirgileDF]

This music is a drug, a soft sweet drug that fills your brain. Thanks guys!

[lokibixo]

GOD DAMN, MAN!! That's a veryhardworksound, man... So wild!!

[JulianThomePictures]

Who said Eric Burdon is deep-voiced?? He can sing many octaves!

[imikewillrockyou]

Eric is an awesome singer, love his vocals.

[JulianThomePictures]

They should get back to the studio and record new songs!! I can't find a sound like this by any other artist.

The One and Only Eric Burdon & War!

[Napco205]

r u serious? Your definitely missing out on alot of bands from this era,..if you like this type of sound fusion(latinsoul/latinrock). I listen to war the least out of the other bands i'm referring to.

[brotherbuttcrack]

coolest band ever..

[JulianThomePictures]

Eric Burdon is much better than Justin Timberlake!!

[Jenscool]

Justin who?

[littlequeen64]

Soooo f--king underated,i love Eric and War together.Its alittle rock,funk,soul mixed,brilliant!I could listen to this groove all day!-R&R hootchie-mama:)

[imikewillrockyou]

I got a copy of this tune from iTunes, it's very cool. If I was in an active band right now I likely want to cover it. Interesting, this live version is better than the studio version. A lot more going on live, more percussion, better Sax solo and vocals live not sure why. Likely this tune needed a little more time to settle in before they recorded it. But both are very cool, I think with a modern twist this tune could be a hit today.

[biffdavis]

You are so right!! I have the studio version which is very good. This band was even better live, more solos and improvisation. AWESOME. If this concert was on cd or dvd I would buy it right NOW!

[imikewillrockyou]

I would love to have this entire concert. Great setting, very good capture too.

[JulianThomePictures]

This were just two clips aired on tv a few years ago.

[imikewillrockyou]

I wish there was more of this concert. They did a great job getting this footage. We at least have this. Amazing, and this was 1971 technology, really feel like I'm going back to another time. They had something back then that seems to be lost today, not sure what exactly.

[HS22181]

imikewillrockyou, they had SPIRIT.

[jimijagger]

omg you have this song? can you please send it to me? :D

[imikewillrockyou]

Amazing band and what a great song! Tried to find it on iTunes but it wasn't there. What LP was this from?

[aducimeH]

It´s from the double album The black-man´s burdon released in -71

[imikewillrockyou]

Thanks, I'll check that out. Peace, Mike

[dothedewupurs]

what a group

[theundisputed7]

GO WHITE BOY GO WHITE BOY GO!!!!

[Tighthesher]

erics looking gnarly

[AchillesWar]

Found some good stuff. /watch?v=yTnWDGYhB6Q  Eric cryin the blues. You've probably watched it already, but its worth watchin again. :-P

[snusmumriken3]

This vid is very important to me as this the clip that made me *fall in love* with Eric once and for all!... His scruffy looks + the way he hits his cowbell relentlessly at 03:58-04:06!!!

Don't get me wrong, I'm not into sadomasochism or anything... But for some strange and compulsive reason, I wish I was THAT cowbell!

Of course, the sultry sound of the sax and drums set the mood too! ;-)

Tangerine, my life depends on you too, I'm afraid!!! ;-D

[TangerineSequel]

Well, I'll tell you my "falling in love" story. I remember it so clearly. At the time I was infatuated with Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin. I had not seen The Animals or Eric Burdon and I came across the "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" video (which I've since uploaded since it was deleted). Previously I had thought Robert had the best voice, but when I heard Eric I said to myself, now there's someone who can give Robert Plant some competition.

[TangerineSequel]

After watching the "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" video (the black & white version with the unusual set design):

youtube dot com/watch?v=jxNEiZhpinY

And the way he looked as he sang it, it broke the infatuation with RP and started what has become my obsession with Eric and the rest is history... : )

[TangerineSequel]

I think what's so intriguing about him when he was with The Animals is that in one video he can look so young and cute and then in another video during the same time period can look so mature, with this kind of "street wise" persona and the two images are very contradictory if you think about it. To me that's what made him so interesting.

[AchillesWar]

Now that was some good stuff. I wish I was alive to see great Musicians like Eric Burdon and WAR get together and jam. Music now adays is just to corney and songs have no soul anymore. Ah well, thank you for posting this. :)

[TangerineSequel]

AchillesWar, You're welcome!

I wish I could have seen them too. As well as The Animals, but I was too young back then. I don't even listen to current music so I don't know what's going on today, but I do notice a lot of people on You Tube, especially younger people, lamenting the state of today's music. The '60s and '70s were a great time musically. Won't ever happen again I don't think.

[curs3000]

they are getting back together for one show in london at the albert hall on the 21st of this month..it should be amazing.

[snusmumriken3]

Eric at his most dishy???!!! Let's launch a group discussion on Youtube and discuss!...;-)

[TangerineSequel]

I'm starting to wonder if cloning is really such a bad thing after all...

I'd start a group, but after we say to each other, "I want him so bad" what else is there to say? That kind of sums it all up doesn't it?

I bought a book called Animal Tracks. After I read that, I might have some things to say other than the usual groupie things that I write. I bought that book because I really can't understand him and what happened back then. That book should answer a lot of my questions.

[dieneshugi]

We are so lucky to live and listen great music like this...

[juanolandia]

FUCK YEAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!

[TangerineSequel]

To Eric... : )

I've been watching you for such a long time

I can't lose your memory, you're always on my mind

Tearing my day, weekends too

I just can't lose your memory

Everywhere I look I see you

You've got spirit, spirit, you've got spirit, spirit

But I ain't got you, I ain't got you

[TangerineSequel]

Your spirit is taunting me

Your spirit is haunting me

I can't get you out of my mind

I swear I'm going crazy, yes I am

I swear I'm going crazy, over you

[TangerineSequel]

You got what I need so bad

Everywhere I go all I see is you staring back at me

Spirit, spirit

I ain't got you, I wish that I, if only I, if only I

If I had you, I'd have the world in the palm of my hand